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wlashack
wlashack
Inspiring
February 4, 2017
Question

How to display InDesign document in fullscreen mode (without bars/pallettes)?

  • February 4, 2017
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Hello,

I use Photoshop and Illustrator, where by pressing the F key I can switch them to several display modes including the real fullscreen, where only the document itself is visible and I can work on it. I am trying to find such a view in InDesign as well, but no way. In fact, there is such a mode — Presentation — but I cannot edit the document such a way, so it is useless for my purposes. Can someone help?

Thanks.

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    DrTc
    DrTc
    Inspiring
    April 24, 2017

    Has this latest release boasting UI enhancements added the "Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar" like mode Ps & Ai have?
    It surely needs it, as the panels columns, even collapsed, eat up so much space with an empty column spanning the whole length of the screen even without panel icons, same with tool bar why waste all empty space?

    jane-e
    jane-e
    Community Expert
    April 24, 2017

    In a word, no, not in the 2017.1 Release.

    You can see the New Features here:

    New features summary for the 2017 releases of InDesign CC

    And you can put in a feature request here by going to Help> Submit Bug/Feature Request. This is the best way to let the InDesign team know what you are looking for!

    jane-e
    jane-e
    Community Expert
    February 4, 2017

    BarbBinder​ answered this fairly well. These are your only choices in InDesign.

    Preview (W) plus hiding the panels with Tab is the best you can get in InDesign as of February 2017.

    You can also turn off the Application bar if you are on a Mac.

    I tried creating a Workspace because you can assign a keyboard shortcut to a workspace, but all the panels came back. Maybe it would work if they were closed instead of just hidden with Tab.

    wlashack
    wlashackAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 4, 2017

    Thanks all of you for help/discussion. You confirmed that I am looking for something that InDesign (unfortunately) misses.

    Have nice days!

      Barb Binder
      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      February 4, 2017

      Sh+W is the shortcut for Presentation mode, and Esc gets you back out. But it's not an editing mode, as you mentioned.

      A better alternative would be:

      With any tool selected except the Type tool, press Tab to hide the workspace and Tab to bring it back. This works in Ps and Ai as well. The menus will remain, but the Tools panel, Control panels and the panels on the right will be removed.

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      Sandee Cohen
      Sandee Cohen
      Brainiac
      February 4, 2017

      Barb,

      In my experience, Shift-W also gets you out of Presentation.

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